CEFC China

Founded in 1918, Cowen Group is headquartered in New York. CEFC will pay $18 for each Cowen Class A share, representing a 29.5 percent premium to the stock's previous close. (CEFC with Ye Jianming as chairman has different investments around the world, like acquisition of 10 percent stake in the largest Czech Republic airline, as SinaBeatreported back in 2015).

Travel Service planes are flying to more than 300 airports on 4 continents and has presence in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. Established in 2002, CEFC Energy is China's sixth largest private company and on the Fortune Global 500 list with its annual revenues $34 billion in 2014. (CEFC will also invest around $78 million to buy a 79 percent stake in Czech brewer Pivovary Lobkowicz Group).